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Backtalk: 6/27/2013

The Lowell Sun

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06/27/2013 06:35:00 AM EDT

BEING SQUEEZED: I am a small-business owner. Employees generally do not realize the costs associated with running a business. The simple fact is that if the wages for employees continues to rise at the rate they are proposing, businesses won't be able to afford to operate.

Lowell

WRONG MESSAGE: Gabriel Gomez failed in his mission because he sent the wrong message to his supporters. "The gang of 9 and then the gang of 10?" Really!

North Chelmsford

DOWNTOWN BLUES: Downtown Lowell is becoming a disgrace, with all the panhandling and people hanging out in groups all over the place. And I have never seen an officer, and I go downtown almost daily for lunch. And why is the scaffolding still up on the old Sun Building? Add that to the stalled bridge work in Kearney Square. The whole area is a mess.

Lowell

INSANITY TAX: Ban this! Ban that! Everything is bad for you! Spend millions here! Spend millions there! Enough already! In order to reduce the deficit, how about a tax on crazy ideas from these self-serving politicians? Perhaps that would bring some sanity back to local governments, Beacon Hill and Washington.

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